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Continuing my re-visitation of this series with this book. I have to say, this book was MUCH better than BIFN, so my review will be less harsh but still. Mostly my problems come from characters and their development. Shall we?

Stacey is having nightmares that SHE is in danger in this time around. She vomits instead of pees the bed which is probably worse. And, for whatever reason, her friends can't seem to find a reason to trust that her dreams mean something? Oh wait, except we have a whole first book to establish that her dreams mean something. It’s infuriating that they refuse to believe her at the beginning.

I have a huge issue with this problematic Drea/Stacey/Chad love-triangle subplot. At the end of BIFN, Drea gave Stacey full permission to date Chad. And now in this book, Drea is less than a friend to Stacey and flirts with Chad every second she gets. She flirts so hard that she forgets that Stacey is going to be murdered soon and should probably stop being an asshole. Drea is such a selfish, terrible character.

Chad is just a static being with no personality, just a shell of a hot teen who bounces from girl to girl no problem, and never has an arc. Boring boring boring.

Jacob, a male witch and also Stacey's new love interest is introduced. I want to know how he could be having dreams about a random girl in New England when he’s originally from Colorado? I don’t know why Stolarz couldn’t have written him closer but LOL I’ll just say it was supposed to be a symbol of *~fate~*. Thankfully Stacey dumps basic Chad to be with him, which is an upgrade I guess? Chad goes right back to Drea because they truly deserve each other.

Those are my problems with this book, but it was again, miles better than the first. The dream sequences are well written, the spells get more interesting, and Amber and Stacey have a real, actual friendship that I appreciate (save for Drea who I hate LOL).

ONTO BOOK 3 Y’ALL.